RE: [AlpacaTalk] birthing question

Hi Susan, I can't answer your question but I know how you're feeling. This time of year I watch my girls like a hawk for any change in behavior, walk around bent in half trying to get a peek at their teats to see if they're bagged up, watch their butts from the house with a pair of binoculars every time they visit the poop pile and rush out back whenever I return from a trip out to make sure everything's alright. It is downright nerve wracking. So far I haven't had any go longer than a day or 2 from the supposed due date. I guess I'd really be bonkers then. I have one girl who always manages to give birth when I'm not around. I have to admit I'm always relieved to find her cria along side her after it's all over instead of going through that 15 minutes or so of the terrifying thought that something is going to go wrong when you see the first little foot sticking out of their butt. LOL
Flossie
                                                                                                                       

Flossie and Joe Carmichael
GentleGrangeAlpacas
Jamison,Pa.
Home-215-918-0339
Cell-267-614-9620
http://www.alpacanation.com/gentlegrange.asp




 

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To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
From: susan@deweymorningalpacas.com
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:34:44 -0400
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] birthing question

Hi Folks:

 

I'm getting very eager for cria to arrive - aren't we all?! Anyway, I know that prior to birth, the pregnancy hormone, progesterone, begins to drop off in order for birth to occur and other hormones to do their thing. In any case, because I want to KNOW when this baby is going to arrive, I noticed last evening that the Mom was interested in a boy who was on the other side of a gate and breeding the ground. So here's my question: How long before birth is progesterone low enough for a girl to be interested in the boys? Is it weeks, days, hours? Do we even know? I am assuming it is dropping, but she's also 356 days, so it can't be too much longer........or can it?! Oh, it's sometimes so very hard to be a human and have just a little knowledge!!......in the end, these guys birth when they're ready -- and not one minute before that, but I still want to know!!!

 

Thanks for any insights!

Susan

 

 

Susan Forman
Dewey Morning Alpacas
Washington Court House, OH 43160
740-636-1899
http://www.alpacanation.com/deweymorning.asp
Home of Huey, Louie, and Dewey!

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